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if they want to say, we won't raise the debt ceiling unless you cut medicare, make our day. >> chris: meaning, go ahead and default the country? >> no, make or day, meaning, that position is untenable politically and it will not last. you will not be able to hold it. >> chris: a little time left and i want to go to a couple of other subjects. senator schumer on the first day of the next congress in january, will democrats change the rules on filibusters by a simple majority, rathern the 2/3 majority you generally need, to change rules in the senate? >> okay. everyone knows the senate is broken and needs fixing. i think bob corker would say that, we have had discussions. we're friends. most democrats -- almost all democrats and all republicans believe that and i think it is also true that our preference would be to do this by 2/3 in a bipartisan way. there are all kinds of discussions going on with all kinds of groups, to try and come up with some agreement. the basic problem is, republicans say we don't allow the amendments and we say they don't let our bills go on e floor. you can so
if they want to say, we won't raise the debt ceiling unless you cut medicare, make our day. >> chris: meaning, go ahead and default the country? >> no, make or day, meaning, that position is untenable politically and it will not last. you will not be able to hold it. >> chris: a little time left and i want to go to a couple of other subjects. senator schumer on the first day of the next congress in january, will democrats change the rules on filibusters by a simple majority,...
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no more than what you already pay for medicare part b. other benefits can include 100% coverage for an annual physical and immunizations, vision and hearing coverage -- and prescriptions as low as $2... at pharmacies and retail locations like these. ♪ don't wait. let's get you on the right path. call today to enroll in a plan from unitedhealthcare, like aarp medicarecomplete. >> i left that meeting with less of a feeling about her judgment and about her suitability to be secretary of state. >> moderate republican senator susan collins still expressing doubts after meeting with u.n. ambassador susan rice and we are back with the panel. it's fair to say it sure seemed like susan rice was on a prenomination charm tour to try to disarm some of her republican senate critics and smooth relations before the president names her secretary of state. senator, why do you think it went so badly? she certainly didn't disarm the critics, and at this point do you think it would be a mistake for the president to name her secretary of state? >> why it we
no more than what you already pay for medicare part b. other benefits can include 100% coverage for an annual physical and immunizations, vision and hearing coverage -- and prescriptions as low as $2... at pharmacies and retail locations like these. ♪ don't wait. let's get you on the right path. call today to enroll in a plan from unitedhealthcare, like aarp medicarecomplete. >> i left that meeting with less of a feeling about her judgment and about her suitability to be secretary of...
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deferral of automatic cuts for doctors in medicare. here are the spending cuts. unspecified savings from nonentitlement programs next year -- let me just finish -- and the promise of $400 billion in savings from entitlement programs it be worked out next year with no guarantees. speaker boehner says even if you get all of that, it's a net increase in spending, not a net cut. >> not true. let me explain why. again, those investments in infrastructure, extending unemployment benefits, those are very important things and they are very good things and we can afford them. they have a modest costs and we can pay for them. as opposed to what you just said, we proposed $600 billion in preforms to mandatory programs over ten years and he better prepared to do a substantial portion of those up front in ways that are measurable so we can replace the much more damaging sequester. so when republicans say to us we want to see spending savings locked in up front we shall say we agree with you and we are prepared to do that. you have to give us some sense what you think we shoul
deferral of automatic cuts for doctors in medicare. here are the spending cuts. unspecified savings from nonentitlement programs next year -- let me just finish -- and the promise of $400 billion in savings from entitlement programs it be worked out next year with no guarantees. speaker boehner says even if you get all of that, it's a net increase in spending, not a net cut. >> not true. let me explain why. again, those investments in infrastructure, extending unemployment benefits, those...
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visit care.gov or call 1-800-medicare. >> i'm chris wallace. it's 30 days and counting until we go over the fiscal cliff. >> the president is demanding higher tax rates. congressional republicans want deeper spending cuts and entitlement reform. will they make a deal before we bring in the new year with a round of tax increases for all of us? we will ask the two men at the center of the negotiations where we really stand. for the president, treasury secretary timothy geithner. for the gop house speaker john boehner. geithner and boehner only on fox news sunday. plus, we've seen this movie before. the two parties edging closer and closer to the brink. we will ask our sunday panel whether we will get a happy ending or an economic disaster. and our power player of the week. a young beauty queen has to make a tough choice. all right now on fox news sunday. >> hello again from fox news in washington. well, we had quite a day around here friday with talks to avoid the fiscal cliff deadlock, and everyone saying the other side is to blame, pressure sec
visit care.gov or call 1-800-medicare. >> i'm chris wallace. it's 30 days and counting until we go over the fiscal cliff. >> the president is demanding higher tax rates. congressional republicans want deeper spending cuts and entitlement reform. will they make a deal before we bring in the new year with a round of tax increases for all of us? we will ask the two men at the center of the negotiations where we really stand. for the president, treasury secretary timothy geithner. for...
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or the medicare trust fund. it has all been spent and the whip-saw effect it is having on the budget is horrendous and if we don't get ahold of it, we're mortgaging our children's future and i will not be part of it. >> chris: you say you will not be part of it. you are stuck, given the job you have. >> i will not be part of further mortgaging our future. it is time to get serious about our debt. >> chris: what about the trillion dollars, though, is it fair to count that as part of $4 trillion in debt reduction. >> it should be part of the percentage if they want to count it but what about the next 3, $4 trillion that need to happen if we put america on a fiscally sustainable path. the proposal we got from the president. if we gave the president $1.6 trillion of new money, what do you think he'd do with it? he's going to spend it. that is what washington does. >> chris: you don't believe he'd use it to help pay down the debt. >> he'll spend it. look at the fact. they put $400 billion worth of unspecified cuts th
or the medicare trust fund. it has all been spent and the whip-saw effect it is having on the budget is horrendous and if we don't get ahold of it, we're mortgaging our children's future and i will not be part of it. >> chris: you say you will not be part of it. you are stuck, given the job you have. >> i will not be part of further mortgaging our future. it is time to get serious about our debt. >> chris: what about the trillion dollars, though, is it fair to count that as...
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the republicans say raise medicare eligibility. the left is completing freaking out over raising medicare eligibility and the right is freaking out about the tax rates. so they have to decide. the administration is clear that the tax rates have to go up. obama has given in on this before and so there's pressure on him. there's a lot of pressure on house democrats so i think if they can come to some sort of agreement on the rate and if republicans are willing to push the other stuff to next year, that's a deal. i mean -- >> but i think what argues against a big deal that includes any sort of cuts for instance up front on the entitlement side is republicans, if tax -- tax rates are going up either way either because you're going over a cliff or because the president will force you into a deal. they don't want to take responsibility for the economic fallout that comes. so if they agree to a big deal that includes spending cuts their fingerprints are all over it. it's likely they'll send something that extends the tax rates and say we'
the republicans say raise medicare eligibility. the left is completing freaking out over raising medicare eligibility and the right is freaking out about the tax rates. so they have to decide. the administration is clear that the tax rates have to go up. obama has given in on this before and so there's pressure on him. there's a lot of pressure on house democrats so i think if they can come to some sort of agreement on the rate and if republicans are willing to push the other stuff to next...